Measuring vessel.



No. 643,683. Patented Feb. 2o, |900.

MEASUBING VESSEL.

(Application led July 15, 189

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'fNrTnD STATES WILLIAM M. REID, OF BISHOPVILLE, SOUTII CAROLINA.

MEASURING VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,683, dated February 20, 1900.

Application led July 15J 1899. Serial No. 723,966. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom. it' may concern..-

Beit known that LWILLIAM M. REID, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bishopville, in the county of Sumter and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Measuring Vessels, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to vessels for holding and dispensing rice, grist, or like substances, the object of the invention being to provide for merchants and the public in generala vessel of this class which by virtue of its improved construction will be adapted for holding a quantity of such substances and discharging a predetermined quantity therefrom with great accuracy, avoiding the necessity of measuring each quantity discharged in cups or other measures, and thus economizing in time and labor.

With this object in view my invention conssts in the improved construction, arrange-V ment, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically pointed out in the claims.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention most nearly appertains to make and use the same,Iwill now proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a vessel embodying my invention, the upper part being broken away and parts shown in dotted Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the discharge-spout and the outer valve and cylinder on the 'plane indicated by the broken line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the plane indicated by the broken line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the plane indicated by the broken line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the piston-head detached. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail sectional view of part of the inner cylinder therein.

Like numerals of reference mark the same parts wherever they appear in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 7 indicates a can or vessel of any suitable shape in cross-section, provided with a false bottom 8, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, said false bottom being so shaped as to conduct the contents of the can into a downwardly-inclined discharge tube or spout 9. Upon thev discharge-spout and at right angles thereto are erected a plurality of valve-cylinders, as at 10, 11, and l2, three being shown in this in-A stance, although any number from two up may be used, according to circumstances or the desire of the manufacturer or user. These valve-cylinders and their valves and operating mechanisms are all alike and a detailed description of one will apply to any other.

13 indicates -an inner cylinder having notches 14 to receive win gs 15 on a diaphragm 16, tted within the main cylinder 1l, the disk having a central opening 17 and the cylinder having a cover 1S with a larger central opening 19.

20 indicates a plunger-rod of two diameters, the larger to fit opening19 and the smaller to fit opening 17, a shoulder 21 being formed at the junction of the two parts of the rod. The inner end of the rod passes through the disk and between the disk and the shoulder 2l a spring 22 is coiled around the rod and has a normal tendency to force the rod outward. A head 23 is secured to the inner end of the rod and has two rounded ends to fit in the cylinder. In the bottom of the head is a groove 24, into which a valve 25 is fitted and secured by screw 26. The valve is of a size to lit across and close the discharge-spout 9, and of a consequence is wider than the valve-cylinder and projects laterally through slots 27 therein, as well as through slots 28 in the upper halt' of the discharge-spout when the valve moves down. To prevent the head 23 from turning and to guide it in its reciprocation, a screw 29 is projected into one ofthe slots 27 30 indicates a stop or latch lever pivoted to the outside of the cylinder above the slots 27 and provided with a notch 3l in its lower end to fit over the screw 29 when in its lower position. A screw 32 prevents the stop-lever from being pushed beyond the line of the slots 27.

In the practical operation of the invention the lower valve in cylinder 12 is normally closed, so that the contents of the can will till the discharge-spout from that valve upward. The valves are so placed in the spout that the length of spout between two adjacent valves will hold a given quantity-say one ICO pint. To discharge a pint from the spout, the valve in cylinder 13 is pressed down or closedandloekedbyits stop-lever. Thelower valve is now opened and the pint ot' material below the second valve allowed to flow out, after which the lower valve is again closed and looked and the stop-lever of the second valve released, permitting its spring to raise the valve and again filling the spout down to the lower valve ready for another operation. Should a quart be desired, the upper valve will be manipulated, as before described, instead of the lower valve.

The simplicity, utility, and time and trouble saving Virtues of myinvention will be obvious from the foregoingdescription and need no further elucidation.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a measuring vessel, the combination with a can and a discharge-spout having side slots, of a valve-cylinder of less diameter than the spout secured thereto and provided with side slots in line with those of the spout, a head fitted to slide in the cylinder, a screw passed through one of the cylinder-slots into the head, a Valve secured in the bottom of the head and projecting through the side slots, a spring for holding the head outward, and

a latch for locking it inward by engagement with the guide-screw, substantially as described. A

2. In a measuring vessel, the combination with a valve-cylinder, an inner cylinder therein having notches in its upper end, a disk in the cylinder having Wings engaging in the notches and a central opening, a lid having a larger central opening, a plunger-rod of two diameters fitting in the openings in the disk and lid, a spring coiled around the smaller portion of the rod between the disk and the larger portion, a head secured to the rod below the disk and having a groove in its under face, and a valve secured in said groove, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a valve-cylinder, having side slots, of a plunger-head in the cylinder, a spring for reti-acting it, as screw projected through one of the slots into the head, a valve carried by the head, a latch or stop lever pivoted to the outside of the cylinder above and in line with the slots havinga notched end to engage the screw to hold the head against the action of the spring, and a stop for the lever, substantially as described.

WILLIAM M. REID. lVitnesses:

G. II. REID, G. O. ROGERS. 

